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flatfoot
(encz) | flatfoot,capat v: Zdeněk Brož |
flatfoot
(encz) | flatfoot,plochá noha n: Zdeněk Brož |
flatfoot
(gcide) | flat foot \flat" foot`\, flatfoot \flat"foot`\ (Med.)
A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that
the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the
deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot;
splayfoot.
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flatfoot
(gcide) | flatfoot \flat"foot`\ n.
a police officer, especially a foot patrolman. [slang]
[PJC] |
flatfoot
(wn) | flatfoot
n 1: a policeman who patrols a given region [syn: flatfoot,
patrolman]
2: a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and
spread out [syn: flatfoot, splayfoot, pes planus] |
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caught flatfooted
(encz) | caught flatfooted,zastihnout nepřipraveného Zdeněk Brož |
Flat-footed
(gcide) | Flat-footed \Flat"-foot`ed\, a.
1. Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep;
suffering from fallen arches. [WordNet sense 3]
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2. Firm-footed; determined. [Slang, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
3. clumsy; amateurish; pedestrian; unimaginative; plodding;
as, flatfooted prose.
[PJC]
4. Without reservation; without evasion or compromise; firm;
as, a flat-footed refusal; a flatfooted denial. [WordNet
sense 4]
Syn: downright, forthright, foursquare, head-on,
straightforward.
[PJC]
5. With feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe. [WordNet sense
1]
[WordNet 1.5]
6. Unprepared and unable to react quickly; as, the new
product caught their competitors flat-footed. [WordNet
sense 2]
Syn: unready.
[WordNet 1.5]
To catch (one) flatfooted to catch (a person) unprepared;
to catch (a person) by surprise.
[PJC] |
To catch one flatfooted
(gcide) | Flat-footed \Flat"-foot`ed\, a.
1. Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep;
suffering from fallen arches. [WordNet sense 3]
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2. Firm-footed; determined. [Slang, U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
3. clumsy; amateurish; pedestrian; unimaginative; plodding;
as, flatfooted prose.
[PJC]
4. Without reservation; without evasion or compromise; firm;
as, a flat-footed refusal; a flatfooted denial. [WordNet
sense 4]
Syn: downright, forthright, foursquare, head-on,
straightforward.
[PJC]
5. With feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe. [WordNet sense
1]
[WordNet 1.5]
6. Unprepared and unable to react quickly; as, the new
product caught their competitors flat-footed. [WordNet
sense 2]
Syn: unready.
[WordNet 1.5]
To catch (one) flatfooted to catch (a person) unprepared;
to catch (a person) by surprise.
[PJC] |
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